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Since 1969 - Removing barriers to educational and life opportunities for children and youth

10/22/2026

📣 Come work with us at MAC! We're hiring a Helpline Advocate to support families and caregivers navigating barriers to their children’s education, helping them find resources, information, and referrals they need to advocate effectively.

🌟 This position offers the chance to join a team of exceptional attorneys and advocates working to achieve equal educational opportunities for children in Massachusetts! Day to day, this role will respond to calls on our multilingual Helpline, provide direct assistance to families and caregivers, develop initiatives to improve the Helpline, and ensure accessibility to the racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse communities we serve. Bilingual candidates are strongly preferred.

📍 This is a full-time, exempt hybrid position in Boston. The salary range is between $45,500 and $50,000. To learn more, visit https://www.massadvocates.org/job-opening-helpline-advocate.

10/15/2026

📣 We’re hiring!

Are YOU our next Young Adult Leaders Fellow? This is a one-year, part-time, paid opportunity for a young adult (ages 18–26) who has an intellectual disability and/or is on the autism spectrum.

As a Fellow, you will:
🔷 Build workplace and leadership skills that can help you in your career and at school
🔷 Learn to advocate for yourself and others in the community
🔷 Work alongside MAC staff to support families and expand education opportunities for your peers...

Sound like a fit? Apply NOW!

This fellowship is 16 hours per week and designed to provide hands-on experience, mentorship, and leadership development skills.

📍 Applications are open now — learn more and apply by November 15: https://www.massadvocates.org/youthfellowship

10/08/2026

🚨 ACTUALIZACIÓN IMPORTANTE SOBRE SUS DERECHOS 🧊

La ley de Massachusetts ahora protege a su familia de las amenazas de ICE mientras se encuentran en las instalaciones escolares, lo que le permite participar en reuniones y eventos escolares sin temor.

La nueva Ley PROTECT significa que:

🛑 ICE tiene prohibido realizar arrestos en las instalaciones escolares A MENOS QUE cuenten con una orden judicial o una orden de arresto en mano.

⚠️PERO lugares como el estacionamiento de la escuela podrían no ofrecer el mismo nivel de protección. Asegúrese de consultar con la escuela de su hijo para saber hasta dónde llega dicha protección.

⚠️ Todos los distritos escolares deben contar con un plan de respuesta ante emergencias por escrito, para que las escuelas sepan cómo actuar si llegan agentes de ICE.

Usted tiene derecho a ver dicho plan. Si considera que el plan no es suficiente para proteger a su familia, comuníquese con nosotros lo antes posible; los expertos de nuestra línea de ayuda multilingüe le orientarán sobre los siguientes pasos: 📞 617-357-8431.

10/07/2026

🚨 IMPORTANT UPDATE ON YOUR RIGHTS 🧊

Massachusetts law now protects your family from ICE threats while you’re on school grounds, clearing the way for you to participate in school meetings and events without fear...BUT places such as the school’s parking lot may not provide the same level of protection. Make sure to check with your child’s school to find out how far protections expand.

The new PROTECT Act means:

🛑 ICE is prohibited from making arrests on school grounds UNLESS they have a judge’s order or warrant in hand.

⚠️ Every school district must have a written emergency response plan, so schools know what to do if ICE agents arrive. You have a right to see that plan. If you don’t think the plan is sufficient to protect your family, get in touch ASAP, and our multilingual Helpline experts will help you with next steps: 📞 617-357-8431.

10/01/2026

Our communities deserve to feel safe, supported, and able to go about their daily lives without fear. Recent immigration enforcement actions in New Bedford are having a profound impact on immigrant families. Children will be among those most affected, with consequences for their mental health, access to basic needs, and ability to attend and participate in school.

We stand with New Bedford’s immigrant communities and the children, families, and service providers who are navigating this uncertainty. For the latest local updates and ways to support the community, follow LUCE New Bedford and Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative. To donate directly to mutual aid networks, visit givebutter.com/xMkiZZ.

09/23/2026

🎒📓 Start the school year strong!

🛠️ We’re offering some back-to-school tools to jump-start productive conversations with your child’s teachers.

️✉️ ✏️ What does your child’s school need to know? Open the door to two-way communication right now. If challenges arise, you’ll have relationships in place to keep your student learning and growing. Swipe for details.

📞 Looking for individual support? Our Helpline’s multilingual experts can help your student access the services they need: (617) 357-8431.

🔹 "Dear teacher" letters: bit.ly/letter-templates-
🔹 Questions to ask teachers: bit.ly/questions4teachers
🔹 Back to school reminders: bit.ly/back-2-school-tip

08/18/2026

Meet Natalia, our student intern this summer! Natalia recently graduated from Wellesley High School and is attending Vassar College in the fall as a political science major.

During her time at MAC, Natalia worked closely with our Community Partnerships and Engagement Manager, Emily Romero, to help design a website for the Massachusetts Coalition for Immigrant and Multilingual Justice. When it launches soon, the website will provide resources for immigrant students, multilingual learners, and newcomer families!

Thank you, Natalia, for being a wonderful addition to our team, and we’re so grateful for your hard work. We wish you the best of luck as you begin college!

08/14/2026

📣 Ya están vigentes las nuevas normas estatales para los intérpretes y traductores escolares en Massachusetts.

A partir del 1 de septiembre de 2027, los intérpretes y traductores que brindan apoyo a las familias deberán cumplir con nuevos requisitos de cualificación y capacitación. Estos incluyen:

🔷 Los intérpretes deben ser capaces de comunicarse con claridad en inglés y en otro idioma, proteger la privacidad de las familias y seguir normas de ética profesional.

🔷 Se requerirá una capacitación más avanzada para los intérpretes que participen en reuniones del IEP (Programa de Educación Individualizada), audiencias disciplinarias escolares y otras reuniones que impliquen información compleja.

🔷 Por lo general, los documentos traducidos por medios automáticos deberán ser revisados por un traductor cualificado.

Estas normas son una parte importante de la Ley de Protección de la Equidad Educativa (*Protect Education Equity Law*), que MAC ayudó a impulsar el año pasado junto con familias y colaboradores de todo Massachusetts. Estas medidas ayudarán a las familias multilingües a comprender información importante y a participar en las decisiones sobre la educación de sus hijos.

Deslice la pantalla para saber qué significan estas nuevas normas para las familias y lea nuestro artículo completo aquí: www.massadvocates.org/news/new-standards-for-interpreters-and-translators

Si tiene dificultades para obtener servicios de interpretación o traducción en la escuela de su hijo, comuníquese con la línea de ayuda multilingüe y gratuita de MAC llamando al 617-357-8431.

08/13/2026

📣 New statewide standards are in place for school interpreters and translators in Massachusetts.

Beginning September 1, 2027, interpreters and translators who support families will need to meet new qualifications and training requirements. These include:

🔷 Interpreters must be able to communicate clearly in English and another language, protect families’ privacy, and follow professional ethics.

🔷 More advanced training will be required for interpreters at IEP meetings, school discipline hearings, and other meetings involving complex information.

🔷 Machine-translated documents will generally need to be reviewed by a qualified translator.

These standards are an important part of the Protect Education Equity Law, which MAC helped advance alongside families and partners across Massachusetts last year. They will help multilingual families understand important information and fully participate in decisions about their students’ education.

Swipe to learn what the new standards mean for families and read our full blog post here: www.massadvocates.org/news/new-standards-for-interpreters-and-translators.

If you are having trouble getting interpretation or translation services from your child’s school, contact MAC’s free, multilingual Helpline at 617 357-8431.

08/10/2026

For our final summer legal intern spotlight, we’re highlighting Yijia Wang! Yijia will be a third-year student at Boston University School of Law this fall. She worked with MAC’s Legal Director Diana Santiago, focusing on projects strengthening the rights of immigrant students, English Learners, and students with disabilities.

During her internship, she developed resources explaining the rights of students with disabilities to learn alongside their peers. She also researched standards for interpretation and translation services in Massachusetts schools and prepared a memo on best practices for interpreters during psychological evaluations.

For Yijia, having the opportunity to directly help parents understand their children’s education rights in their preferred language was an especially meaningful part of her summer at MAC. As a native Mandarin speaker, Yijia supported Mandarin-speaking families who contacted our Helpline and engaged in outreach with community partners in Chinatown.

Thank you, Yijia, for your incredible work this summer! We were lucky to have you on our team and can’t wait to see all that you accomplish next.

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